Effect of applying the new clsi imipenem susceptibility breakpoints for enterobacteriaceae in Hong Kong

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2671-2673

  Ho, Pak Leung ^a   Lai, Eileen L ^a   Chow, Kin Hung ^a   Cheng, Vincent C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Carbapenem resistance; Carbapenemases; Extended spectrum lactamases; Klebsiella pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEMASE; COLISTIN; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CITROBACTER; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HONG KONG; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; LETTER; MORGANELLA; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS; PROVIDENCIA; SERRATIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 80054696136     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr325     Document Type: Letter

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